Fuller, Elijah, 1810-1853

Elijah Fuller of Fayetteville, N.C., was active in the mercantile firm of Hart & Fuller, ca. 1834 until his death in 1853. In addition to his activities as a merchant, Fuller was a Revolutionary War pension agent and an assignee in bankruptcy court for Cumberland County, N.C. Elijah Fuller married Mary Ann McKay, daughter of Edward and Ann McKay, in 1846. They had two children, Edward P. and Sallie.

Elijah Fuller was born in 1810 to Bartholomew Fuller of Franklin County, N.C., Revolutionary patriot and Baptist preacher, and Sarah Cooke Fuller. He probably grew up in the area around Louisburg, N.C.

Fuller apparently moved to Fayetteville, N.C., and was a partner in the mercantile firm of Hart & Fuller by 1834. Fuller's partner James Hart (d. 1840), relocated to Alabama and opened another dry goods business called Hart, Anderson, & Co. in Mobile. Fuller continued to run Hart & Fuller until his death in 1853. In addition to his activities as a merchant, he was a Revolutionary War pension agent and an assignee in bankruptcy court for Cumberland County.

Fuller married Mary Ann McKay, daughter of Dr. Edward and Ann McKay in 1846. They had two children, Edward P. and Sallie.

(Genealogical information from Theodore A. Fuller's Early Southern Fullers .)